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Chatto & Windus

Love is Power or Something Like That, by A. Igoni Barrett

Love is Power or Something Like That, by A. Igoni Barrett

R 320.00 ZAR
R 320.00 ZAR
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In these nine blistering stories cavort jealous husbands, kissing cousins, teenage internet hustlers, democratic bus rides, home exorcisms and bowls of dubious catfish peppersoup: this is a searing, savage portrait of an utterly modern Nigeria.

Dark yet disarming, in prose that is tough, vigorous and immediately distinctive, Love is Power, Or Something Like That is a phenomenal short story collection from a palpably talented new writer.


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